Last Sultan of Zanzibar's modest UK home

In the resort of Southsea on the English southern coast, neighbours remember the last Sultan of Zanzibar as a quiet man with few trappings of royalty except for a beautiful red Mercedes that was washed every week or two.
Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said fled his home on the east coast of Zanzibar in 1964 amid a violent coup only a month after the idyllic island gained independence from Britain and six months into his own reign. Denied long-term refuge in Oman, to where many from Zanzibar trace their lineage, the British government instead stepped in.

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Oman had a new sultan in 2020, who granted the request of an old man who wanted to live his last days at his ancestral home.

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I met him in 1974 when I was student in Portsmouth during Idd at his house

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How was he in person

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@@ezra6454 Hi yes he was very humble also my family having been in Zanzibar since 1817 my Grandfather was well respected by his grandfather Sai Khalifa bin Harub and use to visit him all the time without having to any port o'call. In month of Ramadhan our family use to exchange cooked dishes especially Chicken Fried liver , Cuckoo paka and Shami Kebab which was prepared by our Family Chef Juma.

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@@nurudinjafferji nice to know that

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@@Sunshine99283 Thanks

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@@nurudinjafferji how old are you now?